Politics Jan 02 WATCH: FBI says driver responsible for deadly New Orleans rampage acted alone in act of ‘terrorism’ Christopher Raia, deputy assistant director of the FBI's counterterrorism division, said Thursday that the evidence now shows that Shamsud-Din Jabbar was solely responsible for the attack and professed allegiance to the Islamic State.
Nation Jan 01 Driver kills 15 New Year’s revelers in New Orleans truck attack, FBI doesn’t believe he acted alone Authorities say a driver wrought carnage on New Orleans’ famed French Quarter early on New Year’s Day, killing 10 people as he rammed a pickup truck into a crowd before being shot to death by police.
Nation Dec 31 Treasury Department says Chinese hackers remotely accessed workstations, unclassified documents The Treasury Department said in a letter to lawmakers Monday revealing the breach that "at this time there is no evidence indicating the threat actor has continued access to Treasury information."…
World Dec 27 Chinese hacking campaign hit a 9th U.S. telecom firm, White House says A ninth U.S. telecoms firm has been confirmed to have been hacked as part of a sprawling Chinese espionage campaign that gave officials in Beijing access to private texts and phone conversations of an unknown number of Americans, a top White House official said…
Politics Dec 13 No undercover FBI agents at Jan. 6 riot, watchdog finds in rebuke to conspiracy theories The report Thursday from the Justice Department inspector general’s office knocks down a fringe conspiracy theory advanced by some Republicans in Congress that the FBI played a role in instigating the events of Jan. 6, when rioters determined to overturn…
Politics Dec 11 FBI Director Wray says he will resign at end of Biden’s term in January FBI Director Christopher Wray says he plans to resign at the end of President Joe Biden’s term in January.
Politics Dec 03 What Trump’s FBI director pick says he wants to do to reshape the bureau Kash Patel has been well-known for years within Donald Trump’s orbit as a loyal supporter who shares the president-elect’s skepticism of the FBI and intelligence community.
Politics Dec 01 What happens next after Trump chooses FBI critic Kash Patel to remake the agency Patel is likely to face deep skepticism during his confirmation hearings over his stated plans to rid the government of “conspirators” against Trump, and his claims that he would shut down the FBI’s headquarters in the nation’s capital and send…
Politics Nov 30 Trump names loyalist Kash Patel as FBI director to help with effort to upend law enforcement The selection is in keeping with Trump's view that the government's law enforcement and intelligence agencies require a radical transformation and his stated desire for retribution against supposed adversaries.
Politics Nov 27 3 Americans detained for years in China have been released, White House announces Three American citizens imprisoned for years by China have been released and are returning to the United States, the White House said Wednesday, announcing a diplomatic agreement with Beijing in the final months of the Biden administration.